A RequireJS/AMD loader plugin for loading text resources and exporting separate strings separated on <!-- export name="someProperty" -->.

Known to work in RequireJS, but should work in other AMD loaders that support the same loader plugin API.

This is a fork of the Text plugin. All the documentation of the text plugin still applies. See the RequireJS API text section.

Here's an example some/module.html

<!-- export name:'things.stuff' -->
<p>stuff got imported</p>
<!-- export --><!-- export name:'things.otherStuff' -->
<p>other stuff got imported</p>
<!-- export -->

You can specify an export text file resource as a dependency like so:

require(["text!some/module.html!export"],
    function(html) {
        var obj = html.things;
        var subProp = obj.stuff;
        var otherSubProp = obj.otherStuff;
    }
);

Another thing we can do is import it directly into another text module

Here's an example some/parentModule.html

<h4><!-- import name="text!some/module.html!export" path="again.stuff" --></h4>
<h4><!-- import path="again.otherStuff" name="text!some/module.html!export" --></h4>
<h4><!-- import name="text!some/module.html" --></h4>

These will now import the strings from the other module directly into the <h4> tags;

The <!-- export --> comment is found through regex, so nested objects are not possible. It ignores exports with no property name, but any <!-- export --> comment will end the previous export. The regex works like this.

It then removes the <!-- export --> comments from the text. All spaces are preserved.

It also works with the strip command

require(["text!some/module.html!export!strip"],
    function(html) {
        //Any text in the header will be removed
        //including any <!-- export --> comments
    }
);
require(["text!some/module.html!strip!export"],
    function(html) {
        //Feel free to change the order of the
        //plugin tags
    }
);
require(["text!some/module.html!strip"],
    function(html) {
        //Again this is a fork, so this will work as normal
    }
);

The r.js build will inline all the text like so

require(["text!some/module.html!export"],
    function(html) {
       {'someProperty':'text between\n\rnext export comment','nextProperty':'text in the next export with a name'}
    }
);

This plugin is a fork of the text plugin from requirejs repo If this project is out of date with the original requirejs text plugin, submit a pull request or let me know.